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nunc ipsum reum causam afferre, quare deliquerit.
deinde hanc inducere partitionem, cuius in singulas
partes multae convenient argumentationes: primum,
nulla in lege ullam causam contra scriptum accipi con-
venire; deinde, si in ceteris legibus conveniat, hanc
esse eiusmodi legem, ut in ea non oporteat; postremo,
si in hac quoque lege oporteat, hanc quidem causam
accipi minime oportere.
Prima pars his fere locis confirmabitur: scriptori
neque ingenium neque operam neque ullam faculta-
tem defuisse, quo minus aperte posset perscribere id,
quod cogitaret; non fuisse ei grave nec difficile eam
causam excipere, quam adversarii proferant, si quic-
quam excipiendum putasset:
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